United States coast guard RBM-44 surfs huge waves in the Duluth Mn ship canal oct 21. RBM-44 (Response boat medium ) powered by twin 824hp Rolls Royce jet propulsion .
The person piloting that craft DEFINITELY knows what they are doing. Reading the boats speed and when to ride the wave and when to turn into the wave. Scary stuff but great skills.
Lol everyone saying this... That's common sense boating right there. The guy was playing around and having fun. Idc if you're on a ski nautique in a small lake for fun or driving the coast guard boat you see here.. If you don't know how to drive a boat. You shouldn't be on one y'all. Just like driving a car without knowing how. It's very unsafe.
@Shirt Flames we are talking about pilots skills, and not boats characteristics, irrelevant comment and characterizing people like that is a bit toxic don't you agree?
lol, doesn’t matter how perfectly he timed the turn.. those boats can capsize and flip completely upside down, and still right themselves, and that’s literally almost impossible to have happen in normal seafaring conditions .. to test these boats , the coast guard literally hooked a strap to an eyelet screwed into the bottom of the hull, from the far side of the vessel, and flipped it over with a crane.. these boats have ballast in the bottom and an extremely low centre of gravity
@@cameronsienkiewicz6364close but if you do it the right way you get a prize!! You can keep the cab and your job. For every one to understand without any understanding of boats or water this is for yall. You hook it on THE PORT OR RIG SIDE not port or starboard side but the side closes to the side with danger so it doesn’t pull everything against you and lay on the dock. Do you understand how I mean.
@@cob792003it wasn't a well executed turn at all actually... he was side to at the hight of the wave. It wasn't big enough to cause an issue but if he was at the mouth of the jetty or on a breaker it would've been different. Honestly I'm not sure why you would think that other than inexperience the reason it took that wave so well is the fact it's self righting I'm sure he had right intentions but these waves are too tight to make a "well executed turn" If you need further explanation you have never been behind the well in rough seas. Get into open water offshore and you wont get this much forgiveness.
What I enjoy most about the internet is being able to watch a video like this and learn things like this. When to ride the wave/when to turn around. Don't wanna be featured on That Haulover Inlet Channel!
Haulover Inlet is nothing. During a small craft warning on Lake Simcoe the ENTIRE LAKE looks like that! Really short distance between 6 ft waves. About a third of nearby great lakes. TOTAL PARTY on a windsurfer! Jump city! Boat free to.
@@MaryClareVideoschoose one of the other guys that's films down there. Wavy boats stands there flicking hid cigarette butts into the water all day long. Trashy dude
Hats off to the USCG, for their skill and bravery. I've seen them in action, making rescues, from both the water and the air, to some unfortunate boaters, that either had equipment failure or made poor weather decisions. God bless the USCG and ANY OTHER BOATERS, who step in to help others, on our waterways!!
That boat is unsinkable. You don't have to practice. You would never drive any other boat this way. It started out good. And then he went ahead of the wave he was surfing in. That would sink a lot of boats. Then he turns 90 degrees to the waves. Once again no other boat could do that without risk. Easy to practice in sealed hull
@stephenrosenthal5252 You always have to practice! Perfect practice makes perfect. Just because your boat is built to stay afloat, doesn't mean that the crews just depend on that to get them through.
@Fleece Johnson The geography of the area around the Great Lakes allows some *serious* waves to brew. Lake Superior can see hurricane force winds & >35' waves, with water temperatures cold enough that rescue *will not* get to you before you succumb to hypothermia. A truly unlucky handful have had their ships snapped in half by the waters. They may be lakes, but 'just' is a discredit to everyone that they've claimed. (>3,000 vessels since the 17th century. Some estimates put it closer to 25,000 vessels lost in that timeframe.)
First thing i thought when i saw this post was that song Ive played guitar most of my life and about 5 years ago i taught myself to play that song Its my Dads favourite song so i had to learn how play it for him
I'm an Army vet that never thought much about the Coast Guard until watching some of their rescues on the Great Lakes . Those boys are bad and do some crazy sh#t . Hats off .
@@StartVisitany large lake will get waves in strong winds, but they act differently to the ocean. This lake is huge therefore tends to act more like the ocean.
@@sirjibsalot8910 It unfortunately is not inflatable, and yes, it has dual jets each powered by their own massive diesel engine. I recommend Smarter Every Day episode 272, they dive into an identical boat with another crew down south and other aspects of the job.
@gcr1 I kayaked the apostle islands. In the bay, you can see sunken docks that were made of like 12"square timbers smashed to pieces like toothpicks from a storm in 2017, I believe? The guy said in the bays the waves were 17', and out in the lake they were well into the 30 foot range.
This is in Duluth Minnesota, I lived there most of my life, Lake Superior can be a very dangerous lake. This is were the ship, Edmond Fitzgerald, started from. The waves on this lake were 30 feet high when the Edmond Fitzgerald went down, true story, I'll never forget it. The news came on the TV and said there's a report of a ship in trouble on Lake Superior. Every time I hear that song, I remember that day. The water is very, very cold even in the summer.
I can't wait to visit Superior and document my experiences. So far, I've been on Huron, Michigan, and Erie. And I've seen Erie on a bad day when a storm was whipping up, it was definitely powerful.
I have only been to Michigan but it has been a constant part of my life- almost every summer. Beautiful. Kholer- Andre park in Sheboygan Wisconsin is a beautiful place to visit lake Mochigan if you plan on going again.
I live about 5 minutes from the shore of Lake Erie. It's what gifts us in Buffalo with punishing lake effect snows. It is smaller than Lake Superior and I've watched the water become deadly. Superior scares me. Lol
@@Acepilot235 I was being sarcastic and snotty. I did similar work with the local police, but we only got whalers; also, it also seems silly calling the operator a captain when there's probably only two people on the boat. I think they're called the "master' if they're civilians.
@@justinsmith4562 I was a lifeguard with the local marine police, they didn't call the operator captain-it was like going to to cottage for these guys. They were loaned a zociac as a promotion and they actually liked it so much that they kept it. Meanwhile they have an antique wooden race boat and multiple decent vessels. They're mostly looking for fun until they have to pull out a dead body.
That's training in moderate seas, considered necessary recreational activities. Oh, that's a 45' Response Boat, and only ships over 65 feet long are cutters.
Reminds me of Kenosha Wisconsin where we had a boat when I was younger. The chop on the great lakes is SO MUCH CLOSER to each other than it is on the Oceans
Yup! I’m from Ontario, this is why they call her Superior, she never gives up her dead. I live in Alberta now! Nothing here but River’s. I love it when l go home ❤️
This is the port of Duluth, Minnesota. What you're seeing is the Duluth Ship Canal. (note the tugboat on land near the Maritime Museum, and the city of Duluth in the background hills). Waves regularly are higher than the walking platform out to the lighthouse. Here it seems the USCG is in training mode, and that walkway is closed off for safety.
@@diverdave4056Is it more dangerous than Lake Michigan? I literally had an Uncle who was very athletic and swam in Lake Michigan every day and he drowned one day. undertow got him. Rip Uncle Jerry
@@haunted5311 YES Lake Superior is listed at #5 as the worst body of water in the world because it can go from being calm and turn in to a raging storm fast ! but Lake Michigan wins as the the lake that claims more bodies and that is because so many more people swim in lake Michigan .
@@diverdave4056 ohhhh damn yeah, that definitely makes sense the way you put it. Lake Superior is more dangerous, but Lake Michigan has way more popular tourist destinations... I wonder how many more lives lake superior would take if it was equally populated with swimmers/tourists?
Wow, that was one hell of a manoeuver. Then it looks like they were going to do it again, practice. What an awesome job. Wish I thought of that when I was younger.
It's not just the size of waves, it's the frequency. Smaller the water body the higher the frequency. In many cases, the great lakes are more dangerous than the ocean. I learned my lesson, almost cost me my life.
Hit a 13ft wave (was taller than my mast) windsurfing in 50+ mph winds on Lake Ontario. Launched into what seemed at the time low earth orbit, still get a rush thinking about that day. Later after having a few hours success blasting back and forth in the mayhem of Sandbanks Park, I went out to the point nearby and my brain had trouble believing any craft could successfully navigate the conditions (EPIC) even though I was still wet from having been out in it. ROUGH does not describe it.
@@glengarbera7367 THE very famous Haulover Inlet posts? Haulover is one little inlet that is somewhat artificial due to the channel. During a small craft warning the entire downwind section of any great lake is at least as fierce. 100s of miles of shoreline getting pounded.
Much bigger! And also hung from the aerial lift bridge for a few seconds while it was on its way up, lol. Not too smart but we were young and dumb. Lol.
@@TempoDrift1480 You can climb the poles on the side; at least the one at Wisconsin Point, never tried these ones the idea of the current here always spooked me out of it.
@@Fossillarson the Ocean has lamprey too, except it also sharks. The only thing I find scarier about freshwater is that its harder to stay afloat in freshwater.
Here in Idaho we can see the other shore on all the lakes except possibly one. Those great lakes are something else. Never been some day I'd love to visit and catch some big perch and walleye.
Their boat self rights in less than 30 seconds, is designed to roll over, can over power any wave and won’t sink.. Not much to worry about for them lol
@@Prometheus203doesn’t mean you can’t get hurt still. They still have to go on deck when working. Even though the boat is virtually impossible to sink, you can still get killed pretty easily. Same concept as a concussion
Remember the wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald. Superior is not only huge, but extremely deep, when that much water gets moving its deadly and unstoppable. My family tried swimming in Lake Superior on a lovely, calm and hot summer's day back in 1992 (Canada's 125 birthday), water was freezing. Gorgeous beach, people playing volleyball on the sand, but no one was in the water. Locals told us it's too cold for swimming, they weren't kidding.
Manitoulin Island south shore in August wasn't much better. I remember it was basically a dare to walk out to where the water was just above my knee (standing) and see how long I could take it. Not long.
Yes, you are very right, excellent skills, excellent seamanship, that is how it's done ✔, never say never,,,ever take the sea for granted, very, very unwise,,
Awesome! I've been on Lake Superior in my 21 ft V8 Deep-V Grew with waves like this... freaky but if you are a true water dog captain, this is more fun than scary. 🍻 👍 Great vid!
Great boat skills. Every move is calculated. Have to be 2 steps ahead those drivers deserve a medal. All of them. The coastguard. Fisherman. Light house keepers. People next to water are brave to build house there. I hope I get to see this beautiful part of our great country 1 day.
U know what, I am too! I never remember that I live in the same country where alot of these amazing vids are shot at. This vid is so impressive in lots of ways, but the lake is awesome, I'm gonna visit our great Lakes 1 day for sure.
At first I thought the pilot initiated the downwind turn early but the boat was brought about to take the next roller straight on. Nice work sailor. I’ve been out in that crap with a 32’ go fast. The length of the waves from trough to crest was about 50’. Back side was not a shear drop, just gradual. I had to motor up the wave, cut power just before the crest and wait for the boat to heel forward to get the drives back in the water, then steer down, throttle down to prevent from stuffing the bow. I only had about 2’-3’ of bow out of the water at the bottom of the wave. The depth of the boat at the front is 6’. Now I had to wait until boat was pointing up the next wave to do it all over. My son and I did this for about an hour and cut in to a closer port and did the marina walk of shame. “Can somebody gimme a ride to Port Austin? Had to pull in short, it got a little choppy.” I made my son do it. He has a bit of salesman in him even though he’s an engineer. Get the salesmanship from my 1st wife who did real estate sales.
That Captain is skilled. I've seen a video where a captain turns his boat during the wave and the boat gets flipped. But in this video the Captain clearly knows when to and how to turn ! Amazing skills right there 👍
It's amazing to see the Great Lakes behave much like an ocean. Ontario gets that sort of climate thanks to these lakes. If anyone has been to Flowerpot Island at the Bruce Peninsula, you'll see waves slamming into the rocks as if they were ocean waves.
@@rudolphguarnacci197 I think he means to say that the wave period is different from waves in the ocean, which is true. Waves in the great lakes have shorter periods than ocean waves because of the hydrography of the lakes. This shorter period makes for dangerous waves. Waves on the great lakes can get quite big with short periods making them hard to recover from and very damaging to vessels.
I was stationed there in the USCG and it gets really rough! They alway took out the local news station for a story. Always had to clean up barf when they got back!!!
Hm yes wow you are very creative and original in thinking of the Gordon Lightfoot song entitled "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" in which Lightfoot depicts the wrecking of the Edmund Fitzgerald as a result of the powerful gales which sometimes occur on Lake Superior. Very intelligent 10/10 thank you for making this connection for those of us too stupid or braindead to realize how a video of a boat facing powerful waves on Lake Superior relates to a song about a boat facing powerful waves on Lake Superior.
There’s a walkway that takes you out to the lighthouse. It gets flooded when there are waves like these. This video brings back lots of memories. This is also the same canal the Edmund Fitzgerald came through in November of ‘75 on it’s way across the big lake.
That is a highly underestimated skill right there! Captain obviously knows what they are doing, and to not be afraid of the throttle. Perfect timing on turning around at the top of the wave to face it head on. It helps that the boat has enough power to make those maneuvers too.
I servered aboard the US Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw WAGB 83, breaking ice in the winters. In the mouths leading up to that lake Superior was an absolutely wild ride. I miss living up there.
I retired after nearly 22 years in the USCG. I was stationed in Duluth and can attest to the waves there. They can get over 35ft in Superior and they hit way harder than saltwater. The coxswain here is doing it right!
I was doing some lake trout fishing out there a month or so ago and there were some three to four foot waves coming in near the end. It was a rough ride. Superior can be scary.
These Coast Guard vessels were engineered & built to flip upside down and right themselves with no damage. They’re basically unsinkable when the hatches are closed.
Serious boat skills going on there
You should see me with my Kanye slipper floatie
Coasties got the coxswains! 👍🏼
No, not really. Not hard to do.
If you tried that with an ol boat youd likely swamp her.
@@jcas78 just saying, nothing to be amazed about I guess unless you’re not a boater. It’s way harder to dock a boat into a slip than this
The person piloting that craft DEFINITELY knows what they are doing. Reading the boats speed and when to ride the wave and when to turn into the wave.
Scary stuff but great skills.
Kevin nobody they call him the captain 👩✈️ and most definitely agree
Lol everyone saying this... That's common sense boating right there. The guy was playing around and having fun. Idc if you're on a ski nautique in a small lake for fun or driving the coast guard boat you see here.. If you don't know how to drive a boat. You shouldn't be on one y'all. Just like driving a car without knowing how. It's very unsafe.
I have no "formal" boat training but what he did is exactly how I would have turned as well, seemed common sense to me.....
@Shirt Flames we are talking about pilots skills, and not boats characteristics, irrelevant comment and characterizing people like that is a bit toxic don't you agree?
He most certainly didn’t do that on purpose.
And the Coast guard is doing what they do. Thank you men and women for your service🎉
Who took the video
Very well executed turn. He timed that perfectly.
lol, doesn’t matter how perfectly he timed the turn.. those boats can capsize and flip completely upside down, and still right themselves, and that’s literally almost impossible to have happen in normal seafaring conditions ..
to test these boats , the coast guard literally hooked a strap to an eyelet screwed into the bottom of the hull, from the far side of the vessel, and flipped it over with a crane..
these boats have ballast in the bottom and an extremely low centre of gravity
@@cameronsienkiewicz6364close but if you do it the right way you get a prize!! You can keep the cab and your job. For every one to understand without any understanding of boats or water this is for yall. You hook it on THE PORT OR RIG SIDE not port or starboard side but the side closes to the side with danger so it doesn’t pull everything against you and lay on the dock. Do you understand how I mean.
@cameronsienkiewicz6364 what does any of that have to do with it being a well executed turn?
@@cob792003it wasn't a well executed turn at all actually... he was side to at the hight of the wave.
It wasn't big enough to cause an issue but if he was at the mouth of the jetty or on a breaker it would've been different.
Honestly I'm not sure why you would think that other than inexperience the reason it took that wave so well is the fact it's self righting I'm sure he had right intentions but these waves are too tight to make a "well executed turn"
If you need further explanation you have never been behind the well in rough seas.
Get into open water offshore and you wont get this much forgiveness.
@@wttatbexactly, I was like are ppl blind? 🤷🏼😀
What I enjoy most about the internet is being able to watch a video like this and learn things like this. When to ride the wave/when to turn around. Don't wanna be featured on That Haulover Inlet Channel!
Haulover Inlet is nothing.
During a small craft warning on Lake Simcoe the ENTIRE LAKE looks like that!
Really short distance between 6 ft waves. About a third of nearby great lakes.
TOTAL PARTY on a windsurfer!
Jump city!
Boat free to.
ha I thought the same
Wavy Boats is a great channel. 🚤😏
@@MaryClareVideoschoose one of the other guys that's films down there. Wavy boats stands there flicking hid cigarette butts into the water all day long. Trashy dude
Haha! RIGHT! The fewls of Haulover.. !
Looks like a good training day for the Coast Guard! Bravo guys thank you for all you do keeping people safe on the water!
Hats off to the USCG, for their skill and bravery. I've seen them in action, making rescues, from both the water and the air, to some unfortunate boaters, that either had equipment failure or made poor weather decisions. God bless the USCG and ANY OTHER BOATERS, who step in to help others, on our waterways!!
Absolute pros in the video. Excellent driver and an excellent boat.
amém!
Sad when the fitz went down no vessel was avaliable of a decent size I sailed pass the superior breakwater many times
That’s their job and are very good at it.
I used to think the coast guard did all rescues out at sea but the Navy from all countries play a big part in rescues as well
This is called “practice”, it’s what makes the Coast Guard such Badass’s in any weather..
That boat is unsinkable. You don't have to practice. You would never drive any other boat this way. It started out good. And then he went ahead of the wave he was surfing in. That would sink a lot of boats. Then he turns 90 degrees to the waves. Once again no other boat could do that without risk. Easy to practice in sealed hull
@@stephenrosenthal5252 Only boat unsinkable is the *TITANIC* my boy
@@stephenrosenthal5252 brain rot comment
@@frankthetank8050
What happened?
@stephenrosenthal5252 You always have to practice! Perfect practice makes perfect. Just because your boat is built to stay afloat, doesn't mean that the crews just depend on that to get them through.
Coasties doing coasty stuff! Thanks to the men and women of the USCG for keeping us boaters safe on the Great Lakes.
And here we see a glimpse of how the Great Lakes have claimed so many vessels.
@Hauling Bass Fishing Show I'd... Prefer not to.
@Fleece Johnson The geography of the area around the Great Lakes allows some *serious* waves to brew. Lake Superior can see hurricane force winds & >35' waves, with water temperatures cold enough that rescue *will not* get to you before you succumb to hypothermia. A truly unlucky handful have had their ships snapped in half by the waters.
They may be lakes, but 'just' is a discredit to everyone that they've claimed. (>3,000 vessels since the 17th century. Some estimates put it closer to 25,000 vessels lost in that timeframe.)
What a fucking badass lake!
The Mike Tyson of lakes if you will
@@GAVACHO5150 That would be lake Michigan. It does seem like an ocean that's for sure.
“The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down, of the big lake they called Gitche Gumee”
Omfg it’s been so long since I’ve heard that song
What a great song and true gorden lightfoot.
The lake it is said never gives up her dead, when skies of November turn gloomy...
Does any one know where the love of God goes
When the waves turn the minutes to hours?
First thing i thought when i saw this post was that song
Ive played guitar most of my life and about 5 years ago i taught myself to play that song
Its my Dads favourite song so i had to learn how play it for him
I'm an Army vet that never thought much about the Coast Guard until watching some of their rescues on the Great Lakes . Those boys are bad and do some crazy sh#t . Hats off .
Women too
Are in the CG
Watch some older 44 MLB drills or current USCG small boat training.
Thanks for your service brother - you keep us safe and I for one appreciate you guys.
hard o believe fresh water can be like this 😮
@@StartVisitany large lake will get waves in strong winds, but they act differently to the ocean. This lake is huge therefore tends to act more like the ocean.
For those wondering. The Coast Guard RB-M is essentially a forty-five foot jet ski. Thats how it could turn the way it did
Hamilton jet aka jet boat 🙂👍edit: I think it's an inflatable and I'm curious if this model has 2 jets
Destin from 'Smarter every day' made a video about this boat! Knowing how it works, you can really see those jet engines at work!
@@sirjibsalot8910 It unfortunately is not inflatable, and yes, it has dual jets each powered by their own massive diesel engine. I recommend Smarter Every Day episode 272, they dive into an identical boat with another crew down south and other aspects of the job.
Canadian Coast Guard has one of those based in Vancouver, seriously powerful platform......
@@BradFalck-mn3pclaredo sound is indeed a pretty sweet boat
Just the sheer size of the lake never ceases to amaze me
I live on Ontario, would love to see Superior one day..
Hard to believe that's a lake!
And they are all fresh water !
You can easily grow food with this ! What a blessing from God that our country has these !!
@gcr1 I kayaked the apostle islands. In the bay, you can see sunken docks that were made of like 12"square timbers smashed to pieces like toothpicks from a storm in 2017, I believe? The guy said in the bays the waves were 17', and out in the lake they were well into the 30 foot range.
@@oceanhome2023 Are there any visual physical differences between freshwater and saltwater mermaids ?
The Great Lake's "Sea"! No one really understands how big this water body is. To have an island in it with its own lake on it is just one the marvels.
I never knew that. 👍
This is in Duluth Minnesota, I lived there most of my life, Lake Superior can be a very dangerous lake. This is were the ship, Edmond Fitzgerald, started from. The waves on this lake were 30 feet high when the Edmond Fitzgerald went down, true story, I'll never forget it. The news came on the TV and said there's a report of a ship in trouble on Lake Superior. Every time I hear that song, I remember that day. The water is very, very cold even in the summer.
I thought this looked like Dulut! Fun city to visit!
😬 Yes, and not only that but you have to worry about all of the Sharks and Killer Whales also !
I've been to Duluth
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Only if someone would write a song about.😂
I can't wait to visit Superior and document my experiences. So far, I've been on Huron, Michigan, and Erie. And I've seen Erie on a bad day when a storm was whipping up, it was definitely powerful.
I have only been to Michigan but it has been a constant part of my life- almost every summer. Beautiful. Kholer- Andre park in Sheboygan Wisconsin is a beautiful place to visit lake Mochigan if you plan on going again.
Eerie is the baby lake no doubt some powerful water but Superior got its name for a reason. Water never gets “warm” really either
- a yooper
Once I was on Lake Erie. It went from sunny and flat calm to a storm with 10 ft seas in less than an hour.
Don't forget to visit Superior
I live about 5 minutes from the shore of Lake Erie.
It's what gifts us in Buffalo with punishing lake effect snows.
It is smaller than Lake Superior and I've watched the water become deadly. Superior scares me. Lol
Wow. The captain whips that large vessel around like a Toyota Corolla in an empty parking lot. Respect.
...captain; it's a pleasure craft
@@SonicPhonic Last I checked, the Coast Guard don't use pleasure craft lol...
@@Acepilot235 I was being sarcastic and snotty. I did similar work with the local police, but we only got whalers; also, it also seems silly calling the operator a captain when there's probably only two people on the boat. I think they're called the "master' if they're civilians.
Haha captain lol…. It’s a skipper.
@@justinsmith4562 I was a lifeguard with the local marine police, they didn't call the operator captain-it was like going to to cottage for these guys. They were loaned a zociac as a promotion and they actually liked it so much that they kept it. Meanwhile they have an antique wooden race boat and multiple decent vessels. They're mostly looking for fun until they have to pull out a dead body.
Wow, what a ride! The Coast Guard sailors on that cutter must have LOVED that!
That's training in moderate seas, considered necessary recreational activities. Oh, that's a 45' Response Boat, and only ships over 65 feet long are cutters.
Weather people: the waves are gonna be bad
This guy blasting surfin USA: sorry, can't hear you
Go beach boys 🤘
It won't let me like the comment, but add +1 for me :)
"LISTEN, IF I SAY IT'S SAFE TO SURF THEN IT'S SAFE TO SURF!"
More like seas 2-3 ft then you go out and the 6footers
Define "bad". On a windsurfer 6-8 feet is a total PARTY.
In a small craft however...well you should a looked at the marine report.
Reminds me of Kenosha Wisconsin where we had a boat when I was younger. The chop on the great lakes is SO MUCH CLOSER to each other than it is on the Oceans
Yup! I’m from Ontario, this is why they call her Superior, she never gives up her dead. I live in Alberta now! Nothing here but River’s. I love it when l go home ❤️
The greatlakes especially superior is no joke. The weather can turn around in 5 mins.
She’s claimed many a sailor who had disrespected her fickle fury.
Right? Try working on an island ferry during bad weather. Tourists will learn just how temperamental the lakes can be then.
It's the size of a small sea. So yeah it's dangerous waters
Where is this lake
@@F_M_R_ Ontario Canada
Duluth never disappoints. Always a fun visit.
That's got to be the best pirate I've ever seen.
Epic comment ,Jedidiah 💫
Everytime I fart blood comes out
Hahaha this was good
So it would seem...
“You will always remember this day as the day you ALMOST caught jack sparrow”😂
Amazing driving skills there.. Got to love the Coast Guard..
In this case it should be called the Shore Guard.
A real pleasure to see a good hand at the helm.
I will be heading to Duluth for father's day. Can't wait.
That’s like normal November in Duluth 😂 coast guard showing small boats how to ride the waves 👏
Come down to southwest Kerry and I'll show you a bad day.. Dublin and the Irish sea is flat calm compared to the shit we get pummeled with
This is the port of Duluth, Minnesota. What you're seeing is the Duluth Ship Canal. (note the tugboat on land near the Maritime Museum, and the city of Duluth in the background hills). Waves regularly are higher than the walking platform out to the lighthouse. Here it seems the USCG is in training mode, and that walkway is closed off for safety.
Duluth sucks
@@Estela-o6tWhat? It’s the only place worth visiting in MN.
@@JimJohnson-cf3wt Minnesota sucks
@@Estela-o6tat least it gave us Fargo
Yes it is. Been there many time. Always cold. Even in the middle of summer. Lol.
It’s crazy that a lake can get as rough as the Bering Sea in the right weather.
and Lake Superior is rated the 5th most dangerous water in the World !
@@diverdave4056Is it more dangerous than Lake Michigan? I literally had an Uncle who was very athletic and swam in Lake Michigan every day and he drowned one day. undertow got him. Rip Uncle Jerry
@@haunted5311 YES Lake Superior is listed at #5 as the worst body of water in the world because it can go from being calm and turn in to a raging storm fast ! but Lake Michigan wins as the the lake that claims more bodies and that is because so many more people swim in lake Michigan .
@@diverdave4056 ohhhh damn yeah, that definitely makes sense the way you put it. Lake Superior is more dangerous, but Lake Michigan has way more popular tourist destinations... I wonder how many more lives lake superior would take if it was equally populated with swimmers/tourists?
@@haunted5311 No one swims in Lake Superior. Too cold.
Dude driving the boat is skilled af.
А то!!!!!!!
It’s probably someone still in training for their coxswain qualification
Nahh not really
...somebody grew up around ocean qualified boats... ❤!
I've seen them boats in action there almost unsinkable in design, put that in the hand that can read the wave and sea.. You get this...
Wow, that was one hell of a manoeuver. Then it looks like they were going to do it again, practice.
What an awesome job. Wish I thought of that when I was younger.
It always surprised me how big the waves get in the Great Lakes system , big for a lake .
It's not just the size of waves, it's the frequency. Smaller the water body the higher the frequency. In many cases, the great lakes are more dangerous than the ocean. I learned my lesson, almost cost me my life.
They are more like inland seas than lakes 🌊
Hit a 13ft wave (was taller than my mast) windsurfing in 50+ mph winds on Lake Ontario.
Launched into what seemed at the time low earth orbit, still get a rush thinking about that day.
Later after having a few hours success blasting back and forth in the mayhem of Sandbanks Park, I went out to the point nearby and my brain had trouble believing any craft could successfully navigate the conditions (EPIC) even though I was still wet from having been out in it.
ROUGH does not describe it.
People who have never seen any of the Great Lakes would crap their pants if they did!!
@@glengarbera7367 THE very famous Haulover Inlet posts?
Haulover is one little inlet that is somewhat artificial due to the channel.
During a small craft warning the entire downwind section of any great lake is at least as fierce.
100s of miles of shoreline getting pounded.
I'm from Cali, SURFS UP!!! That is sweet. Winter is the best for waves because of storms. Don't be scared, EXPLORE!
Yeah for the UP surfers!
Duluth minnesota baby! I've seen bigger on the shore. I've also jumped off the lighthouse at the end of the pier. Miss my hometown 😿
Much bigger! And also hung from the aerial lift bridge for a few seconds while it was on its way up, lol. Not too smart but we were young and dumb. Lol.
Cool beans, I'm from Bayfield!
I'm from Duluth Minnesota also, canal park, been there a thousand times, you can almost see, Enger Tower, at the top of the hill
How the fuck did you jump off the lighthouse... Which one?
@@TempoDrift1480 You can climb the poles on the side; at least the one at Wisconsin Point, never tried these ones the idea of the current here always spooked me out of it.
Coast guard making it look easy 💪
Im from Oregon and I admit am shocked when i see the power of what your Lakes can do. It is very scary. We have the Ocean for that.
Lake Superior:
Also known as The Great Inland Sea...
I wouldn't wanna live anywhere else on the planet, Duluth Minnesota is beautiful. I think I can see my house in this video.
D-town represent!
Immaculate city. My personal favorite midwestern city. Though, I hate to even call it "midwestern."
underrated for sure
@JustinWayneDawg the midwest is too cold for you anyway. Stay warm
Not winters.
Wow 😮 they were actually surfing 🏄 the wave 🌊 with that ship 🛳
seeing badass pilots and badass boats together is just something special
I sure miss living off the coast of Superior. Despite living by the ocean now, it just isn't the same.
Wow you lived there awesome
No sharks though
Sharks hahaha ever hurd of lamprey? I grew up in ashland 45min away yes def miss the lake and white caps. Seagulls to
The blinding snow that picks up off those lakes is a sight to see.
@@Fossillarson the Ocean has lamprey too, except it also sharks. The only thing I find scarier about freshwater is that its harder to stay afloat in freshwater.
Here in Idaho we can see the other shore on all the lakes except possibly one.
Those great lakes are something else. Never been some day I'd love to visit and catch some big perch and walleye.
And Lake Trout!
I live on lake MI but would love to fish the streams in Idaho. Beautiful country!
We have salmon too.
A special breed ! Thanks men for making life a little safer !
Coast guard guys know how to operate a boat and they have the finest
Except when they sink a boat by negligence.
Just remember when you’re looking at your boat docked up during a storm they’re out there in the storm probably saving somebody’s ass.
Or receiving the shipments of cocaine from the delivery men....
Their boat self rights in less than 30 seconds, is designed to roll over, can over power any wave and won’t sink.. Not much to worry about for them lol
@@swervsplatt9672I thank them for both
@@Prometheus203doesn’t mean you can’t get hurt still. They still have to go on deck when working. Even though the boat is virtually impossible to sink, you can still get killed pretty easily. Same concept as a concussion
@@shaun1040Nothing in impossible to sink. Titanic ring a bell?
Such a beautiful boat. Look how well its managing in such stormy rough waters... must have a great captain at the helm!!!
Remember the wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald. Superior is not only huge, but extremely deep, when that much water gets moving its deadly and unstoppable. My family tried swimming in Lake Superior on a lovely, calm and hot summer's day back in 1992 (Canada's 125 birthday), water was freezing. Gorgeous beach, people playing volleyball on the sand, but no one was in the water.
Locals told us it's too cold for swimming, they weren't kidding.
Manitoulin Island south shore in August wasn't much better. I remember it was basically a dare to walk out to where the water was just above my knee (standing) and see how long I could take it. Not long.
That person navigating that boat has excellent skills
Yes, you are very right, excellent skills, excellent seamanship, that is how it's done ✔, never say never,,,ever take the sea for granted, very, very unwise,,
That's the United States Coastguard ! I served 20 years in and wish I could do it all over again but I'm old and grey now.😢
@warrengerhard1710 we all appreciate the time that you gave. Especially those that you saved.
Warrengerhard1710 always face bow toward oncoming wave, right?
Awesome! I've been on Lake Superior in my 21 ft V8 Deep-V Grew with waves like this... freaky but if you are a true water dog captain, this is more fun than scary. 🍻 👍 Great vid!
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down…
Great boat skills. Every move is calculated. Have to be 2 steps ahead those drivers deserve a medal. All of them. The coastguard. Fisherman. Light house keepers. People next to water are brave to build house there. I hope I get to see this beautiful part of our great country 1 day.
Come see Apostle island national park....you won't be disappointed ! ( July, Aug,)
U know what, I am too! I never remember that I live in the same country where alot of these amazing vids are shot at. This vid is so impressive in lots of ways, but the lake is awesome, I'm gonna visit our great Lakes 1 day for sure.
Helps tho when the boat literally can't sink or even capsize... Or not really. 😂
At first I thought the pilot initiated the downwind turn early but the boat was brought about to take the next roller straight on. Nice work sailor. I’ve been out in that crap with a 32’ go fast. The length of the waves from trough to crest was about 50’. Back side was not a shear drop, just gradual. I had to motor up the wave, cut power just before the crest and wait for the boat to heel forward to get the drives back in the water, then steer down, throttle down to prevent from stuffing the bow. I only had about 2’-3’ of bow out of the water at the bottom of the wave. The depth of the boat at the front is 6’. Now I had to wait until boat was pointing up the next wave to do it all over. My son and I did this for about an hour and cut in to a closer port and did the marina walk of shame. “Can somebody gimme a ride to Port Austin? Had to pull in short, it got a little choppy.” I made my son do it. He has a bit of salesman in him even though he’s an engineer. Get the salesmanship from my 1st wife who did real estate sales.
A masterclass on navigating big swells. When to surf, when to cut... so good!
That Captain is skilled. I've seen a video where a captain turns his boat during the wave and the boat gets flipped. But in this video the Captain clearly knows when to and how to turn ! Amazing skills right there 👍
Bien joué, parfait !!!
That looks like one of those boats that can flip upside down and then back up in the water. 😲😜😱⛵🛥️⛵
It does look similar but the bar boats (Motorized Life Boats) are a different design. The current MLBs are 47 feet long and massive for their length.
OK, they’re having way too much fun.
That looked like a well timed smooth turn around maneuver
It's amazing to see the Great Lakes behave much like an ocean. Ontario gets that sort of climate thanks to these lakes. If anyone has been to Flowerpot Island at the Bruce Peninsula, you'll see waves slamming into the rocks as if they were ocean waves.
They are worse than the ocean waves are much closer together ????
@@davidgribble263
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@@rudolphguarnacci197 I think he means to say that the wave period is different from waves in the ocean, which is true. Waves in the great lakes have shorter periods than ocean waves because of the hydrography of the lakes. This shorter period makes for dangerous waves. Waves on the great lakes can get quite big with short periods making them hard to recover from and very damaging to vessels.
@FonicsSuck I think it is correct today they are guick and they crash into one another rather than on the ocean they roll
Fished the great lakes all my life !!! You got to remember it only takes one wave and it's over !!!!!!
They are operating a “ safe boat”. One of the best handling boats for rough seas hands down. Did that on Lake Ontario. One of the best times .
Aye coast guard making it to RUclips stories now. Finally lol. Seriously god bless USCG
I was stationed there in the USCG and it gets really rough! They alway took out the local news station for a story. Always had to clean up barf when they got back!!!
Thanks for your service! Semper Paratus! 👍🏼
Thank you for your service! Where is this located on Lake Superior? I grew up in the UP of MI. Houghton County.
@@SilentEcho9194 looks like duluth but I may be wrong
@@jamesross160 Thank you 😊 It's a very long shore line between Sault Ste Marie and Duluth. I miss being there very much.
@@SilentEcho9194 yeah I lived there for a decade, think I only made it from grand marias to the UP of Michigan. Miss it as well.
Huge waves really come on man. But the coast guards having fun 😂😂😂
“The lake it is said never gives up her dead....”
(why is that song all the sudden playing in my head??)
The wreck of the edmundfitzgerald
Hm yes wow you are very creative and original in thinking of the Gordon Lightfoot song entitled "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" in which Lightfoot depicts the wrecking of the Edmund Fitzgerald as a result of the powerful gales which sometimes occur on Lake Superior. Very intelligent 10/10 thank you for making this connection for those of us too stupid or braindead to realize how a video of a boat facing powerful waves on Lake Superior relates to a song about a boat facing powerful waves on Lake Superior.
bruh momento
Yes, I know what song it was, but thank you. 🙂
Bradley Killen
Yes, I know the song very well. I was being just a bit sarcasmic.
Me 2!!!!!!
I see repetition until when the moment is called for the training kicks in awesome job the pressure was on...
"The lake was angry that gray afternoon"
Big props to the USCG
True life savers
Tokyo's drifting in the lake , that captain is a BOSS👏
There’s a walkway that takes you out to the lighthouse. It gets flooded when there are waves like these. This video brings back lots of memories. This is also the same canal the Edmund Fitzgerald came through in November of ‘75 on it’s way across the big lake.
People don’t realize Lake Superior IS a fresh water ocean😊 we in the northland are blessed to have it!
That is a highly underestimated skill right there! Captain obviously knows what they are doing, and to not be afraid of the throttle. Perfect timing on turning around at the top of the wave to face it head on. It helps that the boat has enough power to make those maneuvers too.
The perfect boat! He knows what he's doing!
I servered aboard the US Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw WAGB 83, breaking ice in the winters. In the mouths leading up to that lake Superior was an absolutely wild ride. I miss living up there.
I served aboard Polar Sea and Polar Star, Bering Sea in the dead of winter and Drake Passage enroute to Antarctica.
Whoever driving that boat is a bad ass!! Awesome.
I loved that lake, but I was always scared of it too.
Realizing and admitting that and sllll know lolave your life
This is a skillful captain!!
You are appreciated!
Whoa, that's pretty impressive. I understood the Great Lakes were capable of some rough waters but waves like this, pretty spectacular.
That’s a captain with some skills
I retired after nearly 22 years in the USCG. I was stationed in Duluth and can attest to the waves there. They can get over 35ft in Superior and they hit way harder than saltwater. The coxswain here is doing it right!
I've kayaked thru that channel many times, its gnarly
Nice dude lol
Cool
I don’t think ppl realize how much skill that is right there
This is insane. Massive props to the pilot he definitely is an expert
Nice job with that RBM. Glad to see folks training on that big $$ boat!! Keep up the good work.
Welcome to Duluth, MN
My mom grew up in Duluth right on the shores of that lake and it's no joke!
Everybody gangster till they see the coast guard drifting a boat
Look up a J turn. That boat is amazing. Jet ski on steroids!!
😲 been in that on Lake Erie , storm kicks up fast no fun ....
Love the men and women of the USCG.
Thank you all for your service
Brings back sad memories of the Edmund Fitzgerald forty-five years ago on that very same lake.
Sure does. And all the ore boats that I used to watch going through that canal.
I was doing some lake trout fishing out there a month or so ago and there were some three to four foot waves coming in near the end. It was a rough ride. Superior can be scary.
That would be a blast on a jetski! Perfect roller waves
These Coast Guard vessels were engineered & built to flip upside down and right themselves with no damage. They’re basically unsinkable when the hatches are closed.
Said the same thing about the titanic
HR H did you just decide to ignore the second sentence, or did you get tired reading the first.
HR H that’s fair
@HR H film? You do realise that the titanic was actually a ship. The movie was based on a *ship* lol read a book, idiot!
The boys on board don't always come back up with it though..
I wish you would have titled it "delivers Superior waves"
MAN thoae coast guard boats are so cool. I think they can capsize and roght themselves and keep on going! Amazing lifesavers.
Never seen a boat actually surf before. That was “gnarly” brah.
Stfu
That is called the quarter back sneak good reaction with a storm from hell..🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Perfect training ground for the coast guard. But this mob can do it in the dark.. thanks for your service. Great clip
"Superior, they said, never gives up her dead, when the gales of November come early..."